On the new (to me) heresy of Popalitry.

False belief that a Pope can do no wrong leans toward Pope Worship.

The new term being bandied about these days is Popalitry. At least it's new to me; maybe you've heard it before. It refers to Catholics who will always defend a Pope, no matter what he says or does, simply because he is the Pope. Even when simple common sense should tell them he's wrong, they will embrace whatever he says, on blind faith in the Papacy.

Contrary to what appears to be the predominant lay view on the matter, Popes are not beyond criticism and correction. Everything Popes say are not infallible and above any judgment from below. This seemingly prevailing error of the laity is and must be the result of a massive failure of the Church in passing on proper catechesis.

Popes teach infallibly only when teaching on Revealed Truth, from the Deposit of Faith, handed on by Jesus Christ and His originally chosen twelve Apostles. Jesus revealed the original Gospel. After his Assumption, His Apostles handed on that protected Truth, and their further teachings as capital T Tradition. None of that Deposit of Faith, which permanently closed with the death of the last Apostle, can ever change, for it is Objective Reality.

The SSPX-ers have been accused of Popalitry, but only as regards Pope Pius X; all following Popes, or most of them, are held by some or most SSPX-ers to be invalid or somehow non-Popes. So, they give the appearance, at least, of worshipping Pope Pius X.

Today, Pope Fancis seems to elicit a whole lot of Popalitry among the faithful, because almost everything he says is subject to radically differing interpretations, when it is not just flat out wrong. Yet, defended. Look at the rising crisis in the Dubia Aftermath, for instance. It just gets worse and worse.

Outside of the Amoris Latitia controversy, most of what Pope Francis has taught has touched more upon Church Discipline rather than on Church Doctrine. Ecumenism, Liturgy, etc., come under Discipline, rather then Doctrine, and thus are changeable by Papal authority. Doctrine, which comes out of the permanently fixed original Revelation, is not. That, it is the bound duty of the Popes to protect, unchanged.

That's why they have the charism of Infallibility. To protect that which has been handed on, not to teach anything new.

Some SSPX-ers mistake Church Discipline for Church Doctrine. Changes in Liturgy, changes in Discipline, even changes in things completely out of scope for Church authority (Communism, Capitalism, etc.), which can only be personal opinions, are erroneously held to be infallibly taught by the Church, at one point or another, and then changed.

What can I say? If it didn't come out of the original Revelation, protected by the Church in the Deposit of Faith, then it is not subject to infallible pronouncements, one way or another. It is not the job of the Pope to teach anything new. It is the job of the Pope to properly teach and pass on what has been passed on to him, without change.

When it comes to paragraph eight of Amoris Latitia, Pope Francis has definitely stepped in it, big time. And he is not responding to the Dubia. And he seems to be promoting "let your conscience be your final guide" as a new Church doctrine. This cannot stand.

I see a parallel here in what the Political Parties have wrought in American government. All sorts of civil laws, executive orders, legal precedents and bureaucratic regulations now stand as actual federal law, although none of them are among the limited powers of the federal government listed in Article One Section Eight of the Constitution. Out of scope, for the federal government to even address.

We see the same situation in matters addressed by Popes that are not to be found in the Deposit of Faith.

Pope Francis' inconsistent, vague pronouncements are another matter. Some matters are within the Deposit, some are not.

Pray for the Pope, but don't fall into Popalitry.

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The justifying of 'legal authority' is perverted in USA. Belief followed by evil actions/intent on control/destruction of USA (fundamentally changing America), calling the Constitution of these United State a "living/ obsolete document". Typical doublespeak... living and obsolete... the logic fails.

The justifying of 'legal authority', (infallibility) as "every word that proceeds from the mouth of the pope" is to be OBEYED as each soul perceives.. (the individual perception of "right" to one's own concscience (note, the specific "well formed conscience is not specified..) ... not as Christ exemplified. NO, how can I do as I wish if conscience fails logic?

Good is of God. Exclusively. The FALLABLE discourses of the pope do not fit the 'legal authority' of the Kingdom of God... but, the 'liberal' mindset which is intent upon dominating the world (that in itself a failure of logic)..how can one be liberal and dominated?

It is concerning how many ears are tickled by this pope. Is this Jesuit? Are Jesuits bullhorns of satan? They certainly tickle the ears of non-conformists... they seem to embody those topics which rail against Christ's teachings.. stretching them to transparency...and the breaking point. This is the methodology of communism(liberalism), which is the opposite of free will.... not of man or his liberalism, but by law spawned from logic... well formed logic.

This divergence of logic is where I view the current pope.

When someone speaks items of concern without clarifying "what follows is my perspective/opinion, not what is the Gospel.", they separate themselves from unifiying communion with the Holy Spirit, in whom Wisdom resides.... especially confusing and destructive when spoken from the seat of Peter.

When pope says rhetorically, "who am I to judge?", this ripples through the faithful as a breach of logic... It abdicates one's clarity of 'right vs wrong'... and logically, adherence to same. This chips away at the Magisterium... at least from a liberal view as a living perception of self realized reality... failed logic, especially harmful to souls developing spiritual discipline.

Perverting the reality of science and con-science(conscience) dissolves the ground upon which both and all logic rests. It allows satan access.. "surely you shall not die" to reality. It personifies personal/individual truth/reality as the cornerstone ..at least in their little, liberal, dominated existence... which is going headlong down the slimy slide of sin. The pope is to be the gatekeeper... "you shall not pass"...from logic..from God.. to illogic....satan. He is failing his charge.

To give the pope quarter, perhaps his fundamental grounds are that 'to judge' means a final, complete obliteration of someone making them unredeemable...because I judge so. In reality, Christ orders us to discern the 'spirits'... to call out error and bring authority to bear on someone teaching heresy .. whether in the local Cathecism class or from the ambo... or from St. Peter's. Right judgement establishes unification, not dominance.. However, we should mind "the smoke" which creeps in where we are the source and summit of solace for our soul.

The 'Church' exists for one purpose...to be the valid (not merely trusted) authority of "The deposit of Faith".. not as the smoke of satan deigns...but as the Logic of Reason, based in Wisdom of the Holy Spirit. It does not exist to shape our conscience to society of man's whim.. but to help us shed all that is not valid truth.. based in God's own explanations to us in his inspired word... and to assist implementation of a well formed conscience in that Truth....and remove the scales from our eyes which keep us from Jesus...from the Trinity... from salvation.

Yes, man cannot 'earn' salvation, but he darned well take note of the legitimate warnings.

Communism seeks the opposite.. but starts as 'feels good' self validation... that saws the legs from the three legged stool... it's 'unity' divides...and decays to uncontrolled dominance...it's actual goal.

Only in God's kingdom, there is perfect unity... unity which inspires and blows away the deceptive smoke... and we will stand as one, praising God before his altar in heaven.

To Jesus Christ be all the Praise and Glory!

Date: Tue Jan 31 2017From: Vic BiorsethComment:

Cathdeac:

Very well said, sir.

(I don't know why all these site comments are coming in late, and not all in proper date-time sequence.)

Regards,

Vic

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